WHAT IS THIS, IT WAS IN GLOVEBOX

[LAS VEGAS DAVE]

I found this in the glovebox of my 38 Buick Special. I think  It was in there at least 35 years and most likely longer. I have tried to figure out what it is for over a year but I have failed, hopefully one of you will have the answer.

[TheMoneyPit]

I could be wrong, but it looks like a wrist guard from high school archery lessons. I'm showing my age if you think about that awhile...

[keiser31]

Looks like some sort of elbow pad. Loop it around your arm at the crook of your elbow and hook the hook to the slot in your shirt cuff so it doesn't ride up off of your elbow??

[keiser31]

1 minute ago, TheMoneyPit said:

I could be wrong, but it looks like a wrist guard from high school archery lessons. I'm showing my age if you think about that awhile...

That was my wife's answer, too.

Edited December 26, 2016 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[TheMoneyPit]

2 minutes ago, keiser31 said:

That was my wife's answer, too.

 

Don't let your wife know I made the crack about being old by recognizing what that is, she might not appreciate it.

[Larry Schramm]

What is the printing on the back of the item say?

[Ozstatman]

From what I can see/decipher:

First line, last two words -  new protect - then possibly o - so likely likely new protector

Second line - Patent applied for

Last line, last word - Conn

 

EDIT - In view of a later post, part of the above is obviously wrong. I'm blaming my old eyes not seeing as sharply as they used to!

Edited December 27, 2016 by Ozstatman (see edit history)

[zipdang]

I was thinking archery at first, too, but I've never seen a guard with that hook on the end. Hmm.... Maybe an eyepatch for Cyclops?

[LAS VEGAS DAVE]

The puzzle has been solved. 

Thanks so much for the replies. I have looked at this thing many times but never even noticed the printing on it before Flyer and Larry pointed it out. When I bought this car it came out of the Lewis Jenkins collection. I found out he bought two Buicks at the same time, one was a 1938 and one was a 1937. He bought them from a man whose father bought them new. I was able to talk to the son and he told me his father was an executive working g at the Buick plant in Flint and had bought the 1937 new in 1937 and used the car daily. In 1938 he special ordered the one I have now for his wife. It has a fuel pump that was a special order for that year only that also runs the wipers. These were common later. In any case the son told me the 1938 was his moms and was not driven very much. Both cars were put in a garage and at the time his moms car only had about 15000 miles on it. He inherited both cars and just left them in the same ol wooden garage until in about 1982 he sold them to Lewis Jenkins. Lewis kept the 1938 and his friend took the 1937. So now the item that I found in the glovebox makes sense. Here is the link to what it is.  BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE DRAWING AFTER YOU OPEN THE LINK TO SEE IT BEING USED.  

 

By the way it says:

 

RAMEY HEEL PROTECTOR

PATENT APPLIED FOR

MEMPHIS TENN

 

https://www.google.ch/patents/US1830912

 

[Dave Mellor NJ]

I'm glad you got it figured out but it seems silly to me

 

[LAS VEGAS DAVE]

2 hours ago, Dave Mellor NJ said:

I'm glad you got it figured out but it seems silly to me

 

 

 

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU. IT IS SILLY AND THATS WHY IT IS SO RARE THAT NO ONE KNEW WHAT IT WAS. I DOUBT ANYONE ALIVE HAS EVER SEEN OR EVEN HEARD OF ONE. IT WAS IN THE GLOVEBOX AND SO THE CURIOSITY WAS ALWAYS THERE.

[Dave Mellor NJ]

It's like "snuggies"of the 30s

[Hudsy Wudsy]

I can recall seeing these advertised in the past -- perhaps JC Whitney, or somewhere similar. Maybe they weren't such a dumb idea, though. We are all used to carpeting of some type in cars, but there was a time when a hard rubber mat was the standard. A lot of gravel and dirt managed to enter the car and often accumulate at the lowest spot -- under the gas pedal. All of that grit would get repeatedly ground into the back of a person's shoes, damaging the leather finish. Maybe even more so with women's shoes because of their heels and the somewhat different angle. I just remembered how indispensable a whisk broom was. I always had one under the front seat to deal with accumulated dirt and sand. If you didn't deal with it from time to time the sand would blow all around from open windows and floor vents and eventually get in your eyes while driving. Geez, I'll bet that I haven't had a whisk broom in my hand for thirty or more years.

Edited January 2, 2017 by Hudsy Wudsy (see edit history)

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